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one we are insisting assad resign, on what basis does the united states decide that somebody's country should not have a president that has been its president? is it because some of our friends, the sunni friend have decided to start filing a sectarian war with the think i think that's the wrong reason. secondly, in any way assad's term of office expires before too long if i am not mistaken it is like this year. >> it is. >> so why not let him serve it and then he can say he is not interested in running again. i mean, there are ways of going on these issues but we have adopted a dogmatic position which we haven't been prepared to back, thank god, in fact that we haven't because that would involve us in a sectarian war but we are sticking with it for reasons which are not apparent to me and in the meantime assad is gaining support in syria, he is doing better than the opponents, not the other way around. >> do you think the saudis and some of the sunni supporters who are engaged by a shia conflicts, conflict are -- we are very angry at the president because they thought he allowed assad
one we are insisting assad resign, on what basis does the united states decide that somebody's country should not have a president that has been its president? is it because some of our friends, the sunni friend have decided to start filing a sectarian war with the think i think that's the wrong reason. secondly, in any way assad's term of office expires before too long if i am not mistaken it is like this year. >> it is. >> so why not let him serve it and then he can say he is not...
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supporting the assad regime. permitting unhappiness in the arab countries. hanging people they do not like for being gay or insulting god. there is this feeling, and a lot of intelligence people including those in israel, are saying there's a more moderate faction. there is actual tension. it is not just a show. >> you mentioned syria a moment ago. the u.s. has not gone as heavy as they might want to on syria. >> the theory is president obama has decided the most important issue is the iran nuclear issue. get iran into some sort of compliance where they not a nuclear threshold state. maybe the rest will follow. if you upset the apple cart by making demands about sponsorship of terrorism or engagement in iraq, you are going to ruin whatever chance you have of getting a deal on the most important thing. the president has said this is the issue. for him, there are only two main national security issues in the middle east. the first is keeping al qaeda on its back foot. the second is preventing iran from reaching the nuclear threshold. this is the best spin i ca
supporting the assad regime. permitting unhappiness in the arab countries. hanging people they do not like for being gay or insulting god. there is this feeling, and a lot of intelligence people including those in israel, are saying there's a more moderate faction. there is actual tension. it is not just a show. >> you mentioned syria a moment ago. the u.s. has not gone as heavy as they might want to on syria. >> the theory is president obama has decided the most important issue is...
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assad is still there. do you think he is likely to be so because of failed u.s. policy? >> personally, i hope that he leaves because i don't see how we can live with a pariah in charge of a country and geo- strategically important as syria. >> it does not look very likely. >> it has not happened. again, in my personal, private opinion, we should continue to work to make sure it does happen. but it has not happened yet and i think it is unfortunate. collectively, internationally, we seem to be much more tolerant of this tragedy on a humanitarian scale. >> u.s. policy has not been sufficiently -- >> i think one of the points, had i still been in government, that i would have touched on would have been after the use of chemical weapons. that was a red line that he did cross. >> we should have acted. >> we are still not seeing him removed. he was supposed to be. there should have been a penalty for that. i don't necessarily mean boots on the ground, but we had a model back in 1991 in iraq where we really partition the country north and south with no-fly zone in the northern
assad is still there. do you think he is likely to be so because of failed u.s. policy? >> personally, i hope that he leaves because i don't see how we can live with a pariah in charge of a country and geo- strategically important as syria. >> it does not look very likely. >> it has not happened. again, in my personal, private opinion, we should continue to work to make sure it does happen. but it has not happened yet and i think it is unfortunate. collectively,...
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. >> and it seems that assad has gained some strength. >> and the opposition's pictures have changed for the worse. look. i think something interesting is taking place in putin himself. and he came back to reassert his presidency, he really did not have an ideology before. there was this centralization of power. >> an old kgb guy. now you see the conservative moralistic anti-western ideology. >> you had sat next to him during dinner. during "the washington post?" >> tom brokaw had dinner while he was in office for a little while in new york at one of those u.n. activities. i was put next to him probably because i can speak russian and iswas, at that time -- this in 2002 or so. he had not been in office very habits of posture and the way he did and did not interact with, to him, very suspicious western characters, most of the reporters, editors, he was very much a kgb man. ighly reserved, very wry, tough, no sense of humor intsoever and not strutting self-confidence, as cartoonish as he can be now. off, tranquilizer gun shooting tigers, wales, underwater deep-sea diving for archaeolog
. >> and it seems that assad has gained some strength. >> and the opposition's pictures have changed for the worse. look. i think something interesting is taking place in putin himself. and he came back to reassert his presidency, he really did not have an ideology before. there was this centralization of power. >> an old kgb guy. now you see the conservative moralistic anti-western ideology. >> you had sat next to him during dinner. during "the washington...
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assad himself is a magnet for terrorism. he's the principal magnet of the region for attracting foreign fighters to syria. ftc moreover -- moreover, assad himself is gauging in state-sanctioned terror against his own people. >> it was the united states and russia that brought the warring parties and syria to the negotiating table in the first place but secretary kerry had harsh words for russia monday saying its military support for the assad regime has enabled assad to double down which is creating an enormous problem. alid almoalem said it created a negative atmosphere for the talks. >> we are saying that the way the regime is negotiating is negative for the talks. this is a conflict now that the negotiations aren't going in any direction. >> more than 140,000 syrians have died since the beginning of the war, according to the london-based association of syrian rights. 7,000 were children. with the bleak humanitarian situation the u.n. emergency relief agency was able to evacuate over a thousand people from the ancient city
assad himself is a magnet for terrorism. he's the principal magnet of the region for attracting foreign fighters to syria. ftc moreover -- moreover, assad himself is gauging in state-sanctioned terror against his own people. >> it was the united states and russia that brought the warring parties and syria to the negotiating table in the first place but secretary kerry had harsh words for russia monday saying its military support for the assad regime has enabled assad to double down which...
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you have iran supporting the government of assad, as hezbollah is. -- are wen yet a looking at a conflict that could explode in the middle east and be trans-boarder? >> that's what's happening. clicked the refugees are one example. >> they're coming across to fight on one side or the other. >> it is the main battleground and it could move on. they have been going on for hundreds of years. worse today to me. >> the central government has have veryand they limited influence on whatever is happening in these places. in the see that changing near future. is no external regional power that can just call everyone to order. >> the russians are playing a role again. >> the russians are playing a role again mainly as the backers still it is far away from what we remember of the previous russians. >> the soviet union and the cold war. >> two superpowers. it is one place where russia could flex their muscle. >> some like to speculate, like a argue that food and has bigger and better strategy than the united states. you see that -- some like to argue that putin has a bigger and better strategy. do yo
you have iran supporting the government of assad, as hezbollah is. -- are wen yet a looking at a conflict that could explode in the middle east and be trans-boarder? >> that's what's happening. clicked the refugees are one example. >> they're coming across to fight on one side or the other. >> it is the main battleground and it could move on. they have been going on for hundreds of years. worse today to me. >> the central government has have veryand they limited...
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namely bashar al-assad are terrorist. the assad regime blacklisted the delegates who attended the peace talks as terrorists and froze the assets of their family members. this does not seem like a guy who wants to compromise. and if at any point they assail their own ally and toldim to tap it down a bit, i don't see any evidence of that. i see them doubling down on the line that is coming out of damascus, which is this is a terrorist threat and nothing more. >> daniel, quick response? >> well, i think its true that up until now russia has not seen the threat from extremists in syria, but i think there is a threat. so whatever the line is, it doesn't matte really matter. there will be a threat from terrorists. those who have been trained and experienced there. somebody in russia will realize that at some point we have to accelerate that process and get them to realize it more quickly. >> we're going to take a short break. when we come back we'll talk about american options in the region. the menu doesn't look that great. th
namely bashar al-assad are terrorist. the assad regime blacklisted the delegates who attended the peace talks as terrorists and froze the assets of their family members. this does not seem like a guy who wants to compromise. and if at any point they assail their own ally and toldim to tap it down a bit, i don't see any evidence of that. i see them doubling down on the line that is coming out of damascus, which is this is a terrorist threat and nothing more. >> daniel, quick response?...
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means that you could have considered some actions that were punitive, more punitive in terms of the assad regime. for example, i'm not sure that's the only answer, but you could have taken over a northern band of syria and made that a no fly, no drive or no go zone, whatever you want to call it, with international forces and contained refugees into that safe area. >> to hear you say that, i mean, the president you work for said i do not think no fly zones with work. that is what he said. >> i understand. you asked me a question, i gave you my opinion. >> you're saying on that i disagree with the president and no-fly zones might have been very effective at that time when they cross the red line. because concurrent with them crossing the red line and lack of response finally ending up with conversations with the russians about nuclear weapons. >> everybody draws conclusions by what we do and what we don't do. in some sense that is the penalty you pay for being the united states of america. our allies in turkey, and our friends in europe and our friend in the middle east want american leader
means that you could have considered some actions that were punitive, more punitive in terms of the assad regime. for example, i'm not sure that's the only answer, but you could have taken over a northern band of syria and made that a no fly, no drive or no go zone, whatever you want to call it, with international forces and contained refugees into that safe area. >> to hear you say that, i mean, the president you work for said i do not think no fly zones with work. that is what he said....
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you have iran supporting the government of assad, as hezbollah is. e we looking at a shia-sunni conflict that could suck in or explode in the middle east and be transborder? >> this is what is happening. >> the refugees are one small example, or one large example, and people are coming across the border to fight on one side or the other. happen in iraq, and now syria is the main battleground and it could move on. this split has been going on for hundreds of years. >> but it seems worse today to me. >> it seems worse today because the central government collapsed and because the external powers have very limited influence on whatever is happening in these places. and i don't see that changing in the near future. there is no external regional power that can just call everyone to order. and just calm it down. >> and the russians are playing a role again. >> the russians are playing a role again, mainly as the backers of syria. and a different way -- >> iran. >> yeah. >> but still, it is far away from what we remember from the previous russians. the sovi
you have iran supporting the government of assad, as hezbollah is. e we looking at a shia-sunni conflict that could suck in or explode in the middle east and be transborder? >> this is what is happening. >> the refugees are one small example, or one large example, and people are coming across the border to fight on one side or the other. happen in iraq, and now syria is the main battleground and it could move on. this split has been going on for hundreds of years. >> but it...
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or russia wanted the rebels to be called the terrorists or the certainly assad regime did. and that sort of rhetoric and that sort of negotiation which in some ways you could call a traditional negotiation a traditional power base diplomacy is not the same as conflict resolution conflict resolution means getting representatives of the key groups in syrian civil society together not necessarily the political leaders. they may be included in getting them to talk about the the real problems of the syrian people the sorts of things that caused the civil war to begin with those problems were never surfaced never talked about never even mentioned in these as so far as i know in these diplomatic negotiations i mean we're talking about things like the relationship between the religious minority and minority in syria we're talking about things like. who controls the oil revenues and what they what kind of development they should be used for to talk about things like who should be allen who should syria's allies and be. the kind of essential questions that. that that posed questions
or russia wanted the rebels to be called the terrorists or the certainly assad regime did. and that sort of rhetoric and that sort of negotiation which in some ways you could call a traditional negotiation a traditional power base diplomacy is not the same as conflict resolution conflict resolution means getting representatives of the key groups in syrian civil society together not necessarily the political leaders. they may be included in getting them to talk about the the real problems of the...
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that he expects assad to win. so assad i think had begun to feel that perhaps theres with a changing mood in the west. he discovered in geneva there is no change in the west. kerry was very dramatic, this is about regime change. he said that assad is the reason for the jihadists there, he is the magnet. and until he goes, jihadists will not go. >> okay. >> and that was his assertion. >> let me ask you very briefly, andrew. are you as pessimistic? >> i'm pessimistic in terms of for we were leaving-- relieving the suffering on the ground. i think is no mistake president obama talked about syria three time in the state of the union speech, he talked about surprisingly supporting the moderate rebels. dealing with extremism in syria is as simple as the assad regime t has to involve working with the opposition, the moderate parts we can work with. >> thank you so much again. >> pleasure. >> woodruff: beyond the football game itself, ads have long been a big part of the event that is super bowl sunday. now as people are
that he expects assad to win. so assad i think had begun to feel that perhaps theres with a changing mood in the west. he discovered in geneva there is no change in the west. kerry was very dramatic, this is about regime change. he said that assad is the reason for the jihadists there, he is the magnet. and until he goes, jihadists will not go. >> okay. >> and that was his assertion. >> let me ask you very briefly, andrew. are you as pessimistic? >> i'm pessimistic in...
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it looks like sabotage daniel if you think the united states now will attack assad's assad regime and force machine united states to consider i think the united states will consider a broad range of diplomatic and military option to manage tarion options and try to decide. what will push the situation in. the direction of the political that's so the situation in this situation is more violence means more war right no i'm not saying it needs more war i think war will be one of the options that the president will want to consider of course moscow has already decided for war and that's important to understand then so that tehran is that is that is that is absolutely laughable that's absolutely laughable if not decided on war it was the russian side to push the peace talks much harder than the americans ever did big grudgingly showed up kerry made a complete fool out of himself and now we're back to square one except for there's one difference thousands and thousands of more syrians are dead kristoff go ahead jump in. you know we we have a very strange situation here you know the main cul
it looks like sabotage daniel if you think the united states now will attack assad's assad regime and force machine united states to consider i think the united states will consider a broad range of diplomatic and military option to manage tarion options and try to decide. what will push the situation in. the direction of the political that's so the situation in this situation is more violence means more war right no i'm not saying it needs more war i think war will be one of the options that...
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iran will do everything in its power as i see it to keep a assad from power and if we remove assad from power it undermines what obama is trying to do. >> we did have enough time to discuss this, but there were lots of the discussions and they were stronger earlier on than iran was willing to see some kind of a change in this area. they didn't want bashar as a person. if the senators could somehow be taken into account how many might consider, but we are not even talking to them about that. so i problem in the deal with iran and nuclear weapons is that it is self-sufficient on the nuclear weapons itself and it is not at all comprehensive in that the problem with iran is the behavior in the regi and the confrontation with saudi arabia. we are not even talking about these issues. if we were coming would at least have a chance. i'm not saying that we would necessarily succeed, but there were lots of voices in the region and elsewhere saying iran can be all, but you need to come with them with a proposition. and we haven't been able to do that. >> i think it is a sad situation because, in f
iran will do everything in its power as i see it to keep a assad from power and if we remove assad from power it undermines what obama is trying to do. >> we did have enough time to discuss this, but there were lots of the discussions and they were stronger earlier on than iran was willing to see some kind of a change in this area. they didn't want bashar as a person. if the senators could somehow be taken into account how many might consider, but we are not even talking to them about...
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level at which it rearms assad. and there's an implicit challenge there to whose side are you on to russia, but he made it fairly plain in ways that neither he nor u.s. officials have been wanting to do lately. >> and when we look at the situation in syria, all of the negotiations which have really produced no outcome so far, and the fact that you've been on the road with secretary kerry, i've traveled with secretary kerry, he keeps trying to find those moderate rebel leaders, but the rebels themselves are fighting amongst themselves there, there are a growing number of those aligned with al qaeda and are considered a threat to the homeland according to our own director of national intelligence. so where do they go when they say that all options are on the table? it doesn't seem to be a credible military threat from this president who is notably risk averse, does not want to get involved militarily? >> right, there's a difference between saying all options are there eticly on the table and indeed they are. the ameri
level at which it rearms assad. and there's an implicit challenge there to whose side are you on to russia, but he made it fairly plain in ways that neither he nor u.s. officials have been wanting to do lately. >> and when we look at the situation in syria, all of the negotiations which have really produced no outcome so far, and the fact that you've been on the road with secretary kerry, i've traveled with secretary kerry, he keeps trying to find those moderate rebel leaders, but the...
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that reflects the assad regime and the inability to turn the thing around. this is not over militarily, but if we come back for another round of geneva negotiations next month or the month after, it's not going to make a difference. >> what happened to the step with russia and russia backing assad and iran? russia backing ukraine. they are there on the left. the famous reset button. what happened to that. >> this is part of the obama administration's increase and legacy in failure. it's a long list dealing with russia that let's face it, it's still one of the leading states with enormous petroleum and natural gas reserves. this is a big issue and they have been wrong from the beginning. it will be something that hillary will have to answer for if she decides to run in 2016. >> we will continue with this and the talks supposedly again starting february 10th. we will see if anything can happen to stop this horrendous situation. thank you as always. >> thank you. >> one can certainly hope. meanwhile richard sherman and peyton manning are playing in the super bo
that reflects the assad regime and the inability to turn the thing around. this is not over militarily, but if we come back for another round of geneva negotiations next month or the month after, it's not going to make a difference. >> what happened to the step with russia and russia backing assad and iran? russia backing ukraine. they are there on the left. the famous reset button. what happened to that. >> this is part of the obama administration's increase and legacy in failure....
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we need to see assad out of power. i'm less worried about arms in the wrong hands than i am about terrorists fwloeing throughout the middle east and coming here. >> you agree with this? >> i don't have personal knowledge of this, but judging from what i've read, i think it's pretty clear we are arming the opposition already. what we need to be clear about is what arming means. small arms are obviously going in. a lot of our partners in the region are doing the same. if you're talking about a rocket that could take down an israeli plane landing in jerusalem, that's a huge problem. you heard people like marty dempsey come out and say he's opposed to those large sorts of weapons. a matter of degree. i agree with you more needs to be done. the president has signaled his frustration. the question i've always asked in my time in government, my time since is what exactly is this sort of panacea solution that people see out there for those who say to the president, just leavd, just do more. >> it's not a panacea, there are a n
we need to see assad out of power. i'm less worried about arms in the wrong hands than i am about terrorists fwloeing throughout the middle east and coming here. >> you agree with this? >> i don't have personal knowledge of this, but judging from what i've read, i think it's pretty clear we are arming the opposition already. what we need to be clear about is what arming means. small arms are obviously going in. a lot of our partners in the region are doing the same. if you're...
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they are going to throw a lot behind assad right now. >> here is my morning russ street -- must read this morning. a really smart essay. putin is looking west. now --e is a discussion is china the market for russian gas? things that he is not going to cut off the gas to europe is that he does not want to lose markets. >> great conversation. how does this play in washington? >> it is fascinating. takes a lot of pressure off the economy in the u.s.. you do not have to worry about rates rocketing up. >> people by u.s. bonds. >> exactly. >> should i take my shoe off and pound the table? that is where we are. >> fascinating. >> this is a conversation that is just beginning. we will take a look at the domestic politics in washington and what the president is doing with regard to infrastructure. our twitter question of the day -- is vladimir putin part of the solution or problem? >> did constantine come up with a question? >> with a name like constantine. also coming up in the next hour, a fake classes scandal at unc chapel hill. coming up. ♪ >> good morning. markets on the move. news in
they are going to throw a lot behind assad right now. >> here is my morning russ street -- must read this morning. a really smart essay. putin is looking west. now --e is a discussion is china the market for russian gas? things that he is not going to cut off the gas to europe is that he does not want to lose markets. >> great conversation. how does this play in washington? >> it is fascinating. takes a lot of pressure off the economy in the u.s.. you do not have to worry...
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strikes if assad handed over his chemical weapons. and that was the first thing we discussed when we caught up with kerry at the state department this morning. just back from his latest trip abroad. the director of national intelligence, james clapper, said bashar al assad has been strengthenedince the chemical weapons deal. the united nations says that assad ice regime was torturing children. assad seems to be slow-walking the chemical weapons process. those are only the weapons he's acknowledged he has, not other ones that he might be stockpiling according to other reports. has the policy in syria failed? >> no. the policy in syria is just very challenging and very difficult. >> reporter: how has it succeeded? >> well, let me lead you into that, jake, because an important question, an important policy. first of all, the chemical weapons agreement is in and of itself a significant milestone. and it is progressive. yes, it's been slowed down a little bit in the last month, but we have been raising that profile with questions about it,
strikes if assad handed over his chemical weapons. and that was the first thing we discussed when we caught up with kerry at the state department this morning. just back from his latest trip abroad. the director of national intelligence, james clapper, said bashar al assad has been strengthenedince the chemical weapons deal. the united nations says that assad ice regime was torturing children. assad seems to be slow-walking the chemical weapons process. those are only the weapons he's...
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president assad is still in power, and he's still bombing his own people. and president obama is sounding like he's ready to try something new to make it all stop. >>> also this morning, southern discomfort. autoworkers reject the union push that would have been a historic first in tennessee. a look at what drove the opposition and what's next for the labor movement. >>> plus, a look at why presidential good-byes are often the best place to start if you want to understand the chief concerns of america's commanders in chief. >>> good morning from washington. happy presidents' day, or washington's birthday, as the federal government still technically calls it. it's monday, february 17th, 2014. and this is a holiday edition of "the daily rundown." a big show for you, that also includes a "deep dive" in where the democratic party is headed post-obama and perhaps post-hillary. but let's get to my "first reads." although you may not realize it, the problem of syria is taking up more and more of the president's time and energy. on the foreign policy front, it may
president assad is still in power, and he's still bombing his own people. and president obama is sounding like he's ready to try something new to make it all stop. >>> also this morning, southern discomfort. autoworkers reject the union push that would have been a historic first in tennessee. a look at what drove the opposition and what's next for the labor movement. >>> plus, a look at why presidential good-byes are often the best place to start if you want to understand the...
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on the other side among people fighting assad is this front who wants to kill americans as well as assad. what does the united states do? >> we have to somehow figure out how to get arms to the syrian rebels, democrats who are fighting for -- >> are they even left in the country? some of these people have been fleeing the country. >> some are fleeing. some are still there. i believe there's a sufficient amount there so that we could strengthen them and try to turn the tide. i don't want to imply that this is easy at all. it's really a hodge podge of things. and right now there are more jihadists in syria than there were in iraq at the height of the war in iraq. so, this is really a very serious thing. and i think assad really needs to go. the problem is, how can you convince him to go when he think s he's winning the war? >> public opinion on getting involved on anything militarily is very soured. so you're going to need presidential leadership. what do you want to hear from the president? does he need to be speaking more publicly about essentially this -- do we need to go back where we
on the other side among people fighting assad is this front who wants to kill americans as well as assad. what does the united states do? >> we have to somehow figure out how to get arms to the syrian rebels, democrats who are fighting for -- >> are they even left in the country? some of these people have been fleeing the country. >> some are fleeing. some are still there. i believe there's a sufficient amount there so that we could strengthen them and try to turn the tide. i...
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up until now they were considered bashar al-assad's deadly enemies. i'm joined by mark ginsberg, former ambassador to morocco, he moderated a panel for senate staffers on whether iran could deal in good faith. how far is iran willing to go. we heard foreign ministers say iran will not dismantle heavy sentry fumes for the water reactor that could be used to make plutonium. is give on these issues solution. >> sure there is. there has to be horse trading, but the parameters of agreement should objective. there shouldn't be trarption for subjective wiggle room. after all, we can count the number of centrifuges the i.a.e.a. can count whether or not a nuclear reactor is iraq is being moth balled or under construction. certainly everybody can counselled to what extent iran is continuing to enrich uranium or, in effect, isolate and neutralize uranium and plutonium. there's a lot of spin going on, troubling. >> every time there's a conversation, first the initial deal, then the second conversations. it seems every time there's an agreement, the iranians say s
up until now they were considered bashar al-assad's deadly enemies. i'm joined by mark ginsberg, former ambassador to morocco, he moderated a panel for senate staffers on whether iran could deal in good faith. how far is iran willing to go. we heard foreign ministers say iran will not dismantle heavy sentry fumes for the water reactor that could be used to make plutonium. is give on these issues solution. >> sure there is. there has to be horse trading, but the parameters of agreement...
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and american officials warn president assad is now gaining the upper hand. move over, show you where syria is, the heart of it all, the reason there is such a problem where it is located in the middle east, neighbors iraq, lebanon and our al like of course, israel. ed henry is live at the white house with what is another in a series of difficult situations in the white house. ed? >> reporter: as youly that out on that map, why you've got strategic national security interests for the united states and why nearly two years ago, the president said at a news conference here at the white house that there's this red line for him, that if assad were to use chemical weapons, woe cross a red line and more importantly, the u.s. would make sure there were, in the president's wores, enormous consequences for assad. the president walked up to the line last year of u.s. military action, pulled back in part because assad said he would turn over his chemical weapons. those weapons now are not being turned over around instead, assad is moving forward around still killing his
and american officials warn president assad is now gaining the upper hand. move over, show you where syria is, the heart of it all, the reason there is such a problem where it is located in the middle east, neighbors iraq, lebanon and our al like of course, israel. ed henry is live at the white house with what is another in a series of difficult situations in the white house. ed? >> reporter: as youly that out on that map, why you've got strategic national security interests for the...
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the jihadists are more ruthless than assad's regime. they attack villages with artillery and shells. in that village they just killed 15 civilians, including women and children. they use mines and car bombs as if we are their main enemy. but they are the enemy of the revolution and for syria as a whole. >> narrator: the most radical of the jihadist factions to turn against the other rebels is the islamic state of iraq and syria: isis. (machine gun fire) the group wants to establish an islamic state in syria. (loud cannonfire) it claims an alliance with al qaeda, but even al qaeda has severed ties with them. isis has been capturing towns all over the north, including the town of al-atareb, a crucial location in the war. >> if the jihadists control al-atareb town, the fsa will be stuck in the south between the jihadists in the north and the regime troops in the south. so it was a very important moment. >> narrator: in november 2013, isis staged a show of strength in the town, parading a group of rebels captured in battle, including an fsa
the jihadists are more ruthless than assad's regime. they attack villages with artillery and shells. in that village they just killed 15 civilians, including women and children. they use mines and car bombs as if we are their main enemy. but they are the enemy of the revolution and for syria as a whole. >> narrator: the most radical of the jihadist factions to turn against the other rebels is the islamic state of iraq and syria: isis. (machine gun fire) the group wants to establish an...
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they continue to fight for assad. this is not going to be something where someone marches into damascus and has a victory parade. >> i want to close back with north korea and get final thoughts from both of you. bobby, i know this is in china's court but should the -- is there reasonable pressure that the united states could put on china, maybe that threatens their business interest, economic interest or are those efforts just futile? >> no, i don't think pressing china on a public stage is going to work really. they've shown previously in a number of other issues that they don't respond well to that kind of pressure. it has to be much more subtle and reaching out to the chinese people, making them more aware of what goes on in north korea and actually, interestingly, the united nations has begun that effort. they have -- on china's social media they're beginning to put the message out so that ordinary chinese, who are not always aware, have a better sense of this ultimately, china will have to decide that it's not in
they continue to fight for assad. this is not going to be something where someone marches into damascus and has a victory parade. >> i want to close back with north korea and get final thoughts from both of you. bobby, i know this is in china's court but should the -- is there reasonable pressure that the united states could put on china, maybe that threatens their business interest, economic interest or are those efforts just futile? >> no, i don't think pressing china on a public...
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what is the relationship between the maliki administration, maliki regime and the assad regime? >> maliki and the top leaders of the iraqi government, this is no love lost with bashar al assad. if you look at 2009, maliki was calling for assad to be brought to a criminal court at the time based upon some bombings that happened in august of 2009 that the iraqi government blamed on the syrian regime. again, they signed on to the yes peeve -- geneva communique. i'll be perfectly candid, when we explain to them that assad remaining in power is a magnet for jihadis and terrorists who are coming into iraq, that is a train of logic that many iraqi officials don't agree with. frankly, they believe that if assad left, if the regime would collapse, it'd make the problem worse. so this is a constant, you know, just seeing the same picture we do. they don't see it. but we believe very strongly, as the secretary has said a number of times and the president, that bashar al assad in power is a magnet for these foreign fighters coming into syria to fight a jihad. and until he is removed from po
what is the relationship between the maliki administration, maliki regime and the assad regime? >> maliki and the top leaders of the iraqi government, this is no love lost with bashar al assad. if you look at 2009, maliki was calling for assad to be brought to a criminal court at the time based upon some bombings that happened in august of 2009 that the iraqi government blamed on the syrian regime. again, they signed on to the yes peeve -- geneva communique. i'll be perfectly candid, when...
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>> assad is in power. he's not turning over his chemical weapons and he's continuing to slaughter the tens of thousands of rebels. >> correct. that's not to his advantage. that's not a stable client state he can rely on. >> i understand that. >> oh, okay. >> you say the rebels are winning? >> no. at this point it's in chaos. what i'm saying that's not good for putin and his geopolitical ambitions. >> yes. syria owes russia $10 billion. russia wants access to its port. these things are rather at risk given the state of play there. >> we have to take a break here. see you later in the program. >>> up next, the nation's governors are heating in d.c. this week ahead of elections in 36 states this fall. democrats not missing an opportunity to criticize their republican colleagues. >> they seem more focused on passing policies that alienate women, minorities, immigrants, gays and other americans. >> we'll talk with govern er [ male announcer ] at his current pace, bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fi
>> assad is in power. he's not turning over his chemical weapons and he's continuing to slaughter the tens of thousands of rebels. >> correct. that's not to his advantage. that's not a stable client state he can rely on. >> i understand that. >> oh, okay. >> you say the rebels are winning? >> no. at this point it's in chaos. what i'm saying that's not good for putin and his geopolitical ambitions. >> yes. syria owes russia $10 billion. russia wants...
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. >> assad wants to talk about terrorism and assad is a back end for terrorists and the principal back end of the region for attacking people to syria. moreover assad is engaging in state-sanctioned terror against his own people. >> reporter: key sticking points were a transition governing body and terrorism, a term often used by the government to describe rebel activity. on sunday hezbollah leaders called on them to stop fighting in syria and said if they left them alone his group would withdraw. this is the break down in the second round of talks is mr. brooks in los angeles this morning and mr. brooks thanks for joining us and they called them out for lack of movement of talks and should agree that the obstruction has made progress tougher and my question to you, with russia continuing to prop up the assad regime do kerry's words fall on deaf ears in damascus? >> there is no question it fell on deaf ears. if we look at this objectively the assad regime is in a good position with strong support from russia and iran. they dodged military action and they are playing, they are in a very
. >> assad wants to talk about terrorism and assad is a back end for terrorists and the principal back end of the region for attacking people to syria. moreover assad is engaging in state-sanctioned terror against his own people. >> reporter: key sticking points were a transition governing body and terrorism, a term often used by the government to describe rebel activity. on sunday hezbollah leaders called on them to stop fighting in syria and said if they left them alone his group...
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in the meantime, assad remains in power. he continues to slaughter his own people, and as we say he's holding on to his kepton, most of his chemical weapons stockpile. senator ayotte, who is winning in syria right now, putin or obama? >> unfortunately, it's putin right now, and, again, putin can play a role of putting pressure on assad. they are not putting enough pressure on assad. assad regime is slow, dragging its feet, slow rolling trying to comply with the chemical weapons agreement, so right now assad is winning, which is very unfortunate, and what i'm worried about also is the recent testimony of the director of national intelligence clapper about how the al qaeda extremists in syria are now actually posing a threat to our homeland, so this is a real issue for us as well. >> senators, we have a couple of minutes left, and i want to get into one other issue, and that is the president's budget. we got some information about the budget that he will release a week from tuesday. let's put up the details on the screen. he'l
in the meantime, assad remains in power. he continues to slaughter his own people, and as we say he's holding on to his kepton, most of his chemical weapons stockpile. senator ayotte, who is winning in syria right now, putin or obama? >> unfortunately, it's putin right now, and, again, putin can play a role of putting pressure on assad. they are not putting enough pressure on assad. assad regime is slow, dragging its feet, slow rolling trying to comply with the chemical weapons agreement,...
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i think assad is eventually going to go. syria may fragment in the process. >> part of political leadership comes from pressure from the public. nick burns in the same piece asks when we're going to have our moment. where we realize as the international community this cannot stand anymore. i think we thought that happened during the red line talk. apparently, it hasn't given where we are today. do you think we're moving towards that moment of realization? >> i think we may be moving there. we have to recognize first of all that this is not a classic war where two sides shoot at combatants. assad's idea is to make life as miserable as possible and killing as many civilians as possible, torturing children, and depriving millions of people from humanitarian aid. obama has tried to pretend to be doing something about this. he got the chemical weapons to stop, but those were responsible for fewer than 2% of the deaths so far. the geneva peace talks are going no place. what there is a need to do is to put pressure on assad to stop
i think assad is eventually going to go. syria may fragment in the process. >> part of political leadership comes from pressure from the public. nick burns in the same piece asks when we're going to have our moment. where we realize as the international community this cannot stand anymore. i think we thought that happened during the red line talk. apparently, it hasn't given where we are today. do you think we're moving towards that moment of realization? >> i think we may be moving...
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and, of course, the key culprit is the assad regime, who implemented as we state in the piece in the "new york times," a nil or starved policy. that will continue until the international community decides to do something about it. >> what do you want the u.s. and do? >> well, i think to use all the normal mechanisms available to the international community to get the u.n. security council to pass a resolution to send a clear message to the assad regime that unless it lifts the sieges in allows humanitarian access, the community is prepared to use coercive measures. the key obstacle, this is not a new argument, it's been debated for several months, and russia consistently blocked and threatened to veto action that involves coresive measures. we take it further. given the view of immense humanitarian suffering in syria, if russia vetoes ner revolution, we need to invoke the responsibility to protect the coalition of willing countries, they need to step in and put an end to the nightmare we have been watching in syria. >> the chinese and russians didn't bother to go to the security coun
and, of course, the key culprit is the assad regime, who implemented as we state in the piece in the "new york times," a nil or starved policy. that will continue until the international community decides to do something about it. >> what do you want the u.s. and do? >> well, i think to use all the normal mechanisms available to the international community to get the u.n. security council to pass a resolution to send a clear message to the assad regime that unless it lifts...